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SUMMARY: Landover was a genuine magickingdom, complete with fairy folk and wizardry, just asthe advertisement had promised. But after he purchased itfor a million dollars, Ben Holiday discovered that therewere a few details the ad had failed to mention...Such as the fact that the kingdom is falling into ruin.The barons refuse to recognize a king and taxes haven'tbeen collected for years. The dragon, Strabo, is layingwaste to the countryside, while the evil witch,Nightshade, is plotting to destroy no less thaneverything. And if that weren't enough for a prospectiveking to deal with, Ben soon learns that the Iron Mark,terrible lord of the demons, has challenged allpretenders to the throne of Landover to a duel to thedeath - a duel no mere mortal can hope to win.But Ben Holiday has one human trait that even magic can'tovercome. Ben Holiday is stubborn.